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TRUNK. FILED MAY 2ll 192i. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Patented dan. 2? iil JOSEPEIA. NEESEL, F Si'. LGUES, l-EISSURI.

TRUNK.

Application filed May fl, 1921. Serialy No. 471,304.

To all fwwml t may concern:

Be it known that l, Josnrrr A. Marani., a citizen or the United States oi America, a resident of the city oi" tilt.` Louis and State 5 of ldissouri, have invented certainvnew and useful Improvements in. Trunks. oi which the following is a t'ull. clear, and exact descriptiom'referenee icing hadto the accom- ,panying drawings, forming a. part o?? this specification.

rihisinvention relates to improvements in trunks, and the novel features ofthe ini/*ention are especially adapted for use in a trunk oit the wardrobe type having one or more drawers. @ne oi.j the ohjects'is to produce a simple and convenient means for locking the drawers. Another object is to provide a substantial means for lockingv the trunk sections their' closed positions. .fr l'urther object isto provide a lockinggv means ol' this kind common to the drawers and. trunk sections.

l/Vith the i'i'oregoing; and other objects in View, the invention comprises the .novel construction7 comhiiiation and arrangement of parts hereii'ialter more,specitieally described and illustrated in the accompanying` drawings wherein is shown the preferred embodiment or the invention.. However,y it is to be understood that the invention com" prehends changesj variations and modications which come within the scope ot the claims hereunto appended.

ln the preferred 'form of the inventioin,

an ordinary trunk hasg at the exterior oi"- the trunk serves as an operating` membe 1 for the trunk-locking' device and also for the drawerlockin.g elements. This hasp is pivoted to one oi.t the trunk sections and it be turned to lock and unlock the drawers and trunk sections. 'ihe hasp carries :i keyeontrolled lock which may be applied to a keeper on one of the trunk sections ytor the purpose oi' ,locking the trunk. Furthermore. when the 'trunk is opened. the same hasp can he actuated to control the lockingl mear 'for the drawers. and the key-controlled ioo. can he operated to lock all of the drawers without iorlringg the 'trunk sections.

Fig. l is a i'ront elevation of a Wardrobe trunk emhodyinp; the features, oit' this invention7 a portion of one of the trunk sections being broken away to show a part of the locking' means.

Fig. H is a vertical section taken through one of the trunk sections and showingv the locking` bar and its operating means.

IH is an inside View of one of the trunk sections showingv the `drawers and the .incitingmeans therefor.v y

Fig. EV is a fragmentary vertical section through one of the trunk sections showing; the locking; bar in its unlocked position.

V is an enlarged .section showing' the operating shaft to which the hasp is secured.

`iig. Vl is a perspective View showing a portion oie one of the drawers and the keeper carried thereby. y

Fig. VH is a plan view on a small scale showing the two sections of the trunk, a portion of one of the sections being vl'rrolren away to show a locking; element.

The wardrobe trunk herein shown coniprises trunk sections ik 'and l? hinged to each other at l, as shown by Fig'. VH. The trunk section B is provided with a series ot snperposed drawers 2 slidably mounted on guide bars 3 located within the trunk section B and secured to the side walls thereof. @ne side of each drawer is provided with a keeper 4i, which may consist of a plain, 'Hat bar secured to the drawer and bent to form a locking tongue 4. The severall locking tongues 4 are in alineinent with each other, as shown by Figs. l and lV.

C designates a vertical locking' bar interposed between a side wall of the trunk section and the adjacent faces ot' the drawers Q. said locking; bar being' loosely mounted in upper and lower Q "uides 5. A lguide 90 member 6 is secured to the trunk section B so as to overlap the lockingbar C at a point between the upper and lower lguides. Slots 'T are formed in the front edge oi the loeling' bar C to receive the projecting` tongues 95 on the drawers. Each slot approximately ishaped to provide a locking finger 8 which cooperates with a iocking tongue operate With both vof said keepers, a hasp pivoted to the last mentioned trunk section, hasp and adapted to Cooperate with both of means for transmitting motion from said hasp to the locking elements carried by the last mentioned trunk section, a hasp-receiving keeper on the last mentioned trunk seetion, a. hasp-i'eeeiving keeper on said drawer7 and a key-controlled lock carried by said said basin-receiving keepers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto ax my signature.

JOSEPH A. MESEL. 

